Java Minimize Dependencies

Question

I have a situation where there is a small piece of Java code that has a large number of jars that it depends on. However, the dependencies inside these jars are very shallow. In

Answer 1

As far as I know, this is maven only, but it's a good start

Maven Shade Plugin: This plugin provides the capability to package the artifact in an uber-jar, including its dependencies and to shade - i.e. rename - the packages of some of the dependencies.